ZONE / Zone Battle thread of vEry awEsomEnEss

[Zzonkmiles]

I thought barrel rolls were worth 1500 points. But I guess I was wrong.

Anyway, to perform a barrel roll (BR), just press left-right-left or right-left-right when your ship is airborne. On some tracks, this is very hard to do because there aren't many places where you can go airborne (like Moa Therma reverse). On other tracks, there are many opportunities for BRs (like Sebenco Climb). I have found it harder to perform BRs in zone mode because the ships seem more glued to the track.

Be advised that all BRs consume 15 ship energy points in zone and regular racing. Even if your BR is unsuccessful (meaning your ship doesn't roll completely because you hit the ground), you still lose the 15 ship energy points and you don't get the 1000 (or 1500?) point bonus. In zone mode, BRs are a great way to increase your score, but only attempt them if you can score perfect zones. Clearing perfect zones are the only way you can restore your ship energy in zone mode.

Good luck, and happy zoning! We need more zone pilots here!

[Zzonkmiles]

Just had an incredible zone battle room today. I've never seen those two pilots before: Lizeth and Toxic Emissions. I didn't win a single race against them, and I am a more-than-competent zone pilot. Of course, it didn't help that we were racing Sol 2, Ubermall, Chenghou Project and Sebenco Climb--all my weak tracks. Even Metropia was a disaster. But I had a lot of fun. If either of you are reading this, send me a friend request so we can zone again sometime!

[Zzonkmiles]

Just had a frustrating run on Syncopia. I had a perfect Zeus going when I had to pause the game at zone 70. It took about 15 zones before I somewhat recovered. And this happened to be the run where I cracked 130 zones for the first time. Too bad it's not a top 5 score.

134/98
406,940 points

That could have been a new points record if I hadn't gotten distracted earlier.

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[nostromer]

Been making more ZONE BATTLE games online but nobody seems interested I get lots of messages from people saying things like

"I suck at zone. srry."

Lets battle, this is the most underplayed mode in the history of WipEout! I love it. Lets do this!

[Zzonkmiles]

Hey man. Zone Battle is almost the only mode I play online. Send me a friend request and we can make this happen for sure!

[Snakenator1]

Sweet, send me a friend request cause I love Zone battle
Love some ZB ^_^

[Jonny]

Zone Battle is really cool, but I don´t play it much, because I only own a Vita :-/

[Snakenator1]

I'm guessing this is where I can post my Zone records then I'll use it more often then
Anyway just set a new personal best on Syncopia with my best run ever

127 zones reached/ 93 perfect zones
Final sore 375953

In case evidence is needed:
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[Snakenator1]

WOOHOO I set a new zone record, 136 zones cleared with 92 perfect zones I never had such an adrenaline rush, the speed was awesome

[Zzonkmiles]

Congratulations! Zone 136 is serious business! I hit Zone 134 before with EG-X, a ship I rarely use. I agree, the speed is incredible! Also, thanks for accepting my friend request! Keep zoning and keep posting those scores!

[Snakenator1]

I think its obvious that zone is my strongest game mode, I hope to hit zone 150 as a personal goal one day if not higher. I hope to zone battle you sometime miles it'll be awesome.

[Zzonkmiles]

I think its obvious that zone is my strongest game mode, I hope to hit zone 150 as a personal goal one day if not higher. I hope to zone battle you sometime miles it'll be awesome.

Which time zone are you in? I don't play every day, but I do play often. I was online last night but nobody had any rooms going other than a small eliminator room.

[Snakenator1]

I live in the UK (coi blimey I'm a tea drinking Brit ) so GMT+0. I'm usually available most of the time but next week I'm unavailable, going to Iceland ^_^

[Zzonkmiles]

Just had a 135/102 run on Syncopia. Just missed out on a new personal best by one freaking speed pad. I actually didn't expect this run to turn out so well because of inexplicable problems during Mach 1. But I'll take it!

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And here are my top 5 scores:

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[Snakenator1]

Don't you go surpassing my zone 137 just yet mate but that's nevertheless an impressive run. Saying that most runs above 110 zones mean that zone pilot has potential to hit 150 zones and beyond. Maybe even 200! I like to get to zone 200

Keep zoning mate, you are doing great

[MyNameIsBom]

Wow you guys are absolutely crazy, I thought zone 108 was insane enough as it is, zone 137?! Amazing!

[Snakenator1]

We aren't crazy, we have lightening reflexes to master the 1800km/h or so that you travel at in zone 120 and beyond
I love zone ^_^

[Zzonkmiles]

I remember when I hit Zone 75 for the first time. I thought I was hot stuff back then.

Then I hit Zone 100 for the first time. I thought there was nothing else to accomplish.

Then I hit Zone 110.

Then Zone 120.

Then Zone 130.

I think I could reach Zone 150, but the problem is that third turn (the second left turn) right before the narrow section of the track. I can generally fly down the rest of the track without too many problems, but that turn before the narrow section really messes me up. Of course, it would probably help if I tried sideshifting, but I'm just not used to sideshifting in zone. So I don't do it at all.

Anyway, even if you don't feel like you're getting any better with total zones, you'll find yourself getting better with perfect zones. A typical run for me now is Zone 120+ with 90+ perfect zones. Anything worse than that is considered a failed run. There is one run in the records list that has maybe 128 zones with 113 perfect zones. That's the kind of run I'm trying to have.

Oh, and yeah, things really start to get fast at Zone 120. Barely any time to react at all.

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Whoa! There's a zone battle room going on now! I can't believe it! Maybe my game is broken or something!

[Snakenator1]

There's a zb lobby going on! Dammit I'm stuck in college now waiting for my girlfriend to finish so we can have time together. Why now?!! >.<
But seriously I love her so I will have to miss this one

[Snakenator1]

ARRRRRGH!! 133 Zones on Syncopia, I was so close to beating my record of 137 Zones. On the bright side I did pretty good despite the fact I was hitting the walls a lot during that session granted that I sustained small amounts of damage from the collisions